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Showplace at Bellmore Movies - various times Pick
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Bright Lights at the Vanderbilt Mansion
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Also on December 21, 2022, December 22, 2022.
Thousands of warm, white lights will create holiday magic inside and outside the Mansion and illuminate trees, wreaths, garlands, guest rooms, walkways, and the Vanderbilt Library.The event will include Candlelight Tours of the decorated Vanderbilt Mansion, visits with Santa and friends in his workshop, a children’s scavenger hunt, and a 15-minute Holiday Laser show in the Reichert Planetarium. In addition, the Stoll Wing and Habitat wild-animal dioramas and the Hall of Fishes marine museum will be open for visitors. Also open: the Vanderbilt Café and Gift Shop, located in the Planetarium lobby.
Saturday and Sunday, December 3-18, and on Wednesday and Thursday, December 21-22. 5-8 pm and Fridays and Saturdays.; 5-7 pm Sundays.
Be sure to check out the Planetarium's Holiday Laser Light Show on Saturdays through December.